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G. C. BABCOCK.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.5 |914.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Invenzr GUILFOB'D C. BABCOCK, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS,

MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

COMPANY, OF KITTEB'Y,

ASSIGNOR T0 W'IREBOUNDS PATENTS BOX.

Specication of Letters '.Patent.

Patented Sept. t, i917.

Application led August 5, 1914. Sera11To.'855,27S.'

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUiLFoRD C. BAoooK, a citizen of the United States,residing in Evanston, 'Cook county, Illinois, have invented a'nImprovement in Boxes, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters onthe drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to boxes and the like and is intended to providea novel con- Y struction of box blank and box and a method of making thesam e Among other objects,

tended to provide a simple and economical to manufacture; which shall besusceptible of manufacture upon automatic or partly automatic machinery;shall be strong and durable and preferably tight.

' For the purpose of illustration the inven tion will be describedherein as embodied in, and employed in the manufacture of, a sectionalbox having oppositely disposed cleat edfside sections and additionalside sections which are not cleated and which may be disconnected fromthe structure of the box ex cept as they are held in place by thefrictional grip of their parts.

The character of the invention will be readily understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1. is a side or edgeelevation of an illustrative form of box blank.

Fig. 2. is a perspective view of the illustrative blank partly folded.

Fig. 3. is an end view of the finished box.

The box blank comprises side sheets 1 and 2 conveniently of gum veneer,havin respecsuitable woo ire binding 5 or the like, preferably in acontinuous length, is secured to the side sections, as by staples 6, 6straddling the wires, passing through the side sheets 1 and 2, andpenetrating the cleats 3 and 4.

When the blank comprising the side sections 1 and 2, is folded together,the cleats 3 and 4 substantially contact lengthwise as shown in Fig. 3.

To provide additional sides of the box loose strips 7, 8 may be employedand these are preferabl of comparatively heavy stock to serve asstiiening or strengthening members. Strips 7 are indicated by dottedlines the invention is inin Fig. 1 to show the relations which theywould have to the remaining parts of the blank preparatory to folding.As shown in Fig.' 3 the strips 7, 8 are embraced between overlappingmargins of the side sheets 1 and 2, these overlap margins beingindicated at 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Fig. 1. Preferably these overlapmargins have widths substantially equal to the thicknesses of the stri s7 to be overlapped thereby. The edges o the side sheets 1 and 2 in thespecific type of blank shown in Fig. 1 are spaced apart a sufficientdistance to receive between them the strip 7 and to permit theparts tobe folded into the overlapping relation shown in Fig. 3. In order totension the wire binding over the corners of the box and thereby assistin holding the strips 7 in place, it is preferred that the space betweenadjacent edges of the sheets l and 2 be somewhat greater than the widthof theA strip 7 but less than the width of said strip 7 plus thecombined thicknesses of the sheets 1 and 2.' This arrangement requiresthe wires to be put under tension as the parts are folded into thepositions of Fig. 3 and in such tensioning the wires may be forced toembed themselves moreor less in the corners, likewise when 'the fre ends13, 13 of the binding wires are twisted or otherwise secured together tocomplete the closure of the box they may tension the wires over thecorners adjacent the stifening strip 8.

The box of the drawing is desirably flexible and elastic and may beconsiderably distorted without material tendency to rupture its parts,since the distorting strains are resisted largely by the tensilestrength of the wire.

One practicable method of making a box such as that described is asfollows: A pair of side sheets 1 and 2 of the same dimensions areassembled with cleats 3 and 4 of the same dimensions. rlhe side sheetsare spaced apart edgewise a distance slightly greater than the combinedwidths of the cleats and 4; and the cleats are spaced apart endwise adistance substantially equal to the space between the side sheets plus adistance equal to double the thickness of the strip 7 which is intendedto be interpose between the sides 1 and 2. These relative positionsprovide for the overlap margins 10 and 11 and for tensioning wires overthe corners. Similar overlap margins'9 and 12 are left at the outer endsof the side sheets 1 and 2.

A blank such as We describe the parts of Which are of vuniform size, isvery simple and economical to manufacture and when the type describedmay be assembled with appropriate spacing devices and fed rapidlythrough a stapling ma` chine which secures the Wires to the parts in anypracticable manner.

Then when the blank is ready for folding into box form loose strips 7, 8may be properly inserted and then when the box is folded around thestrips so placed, the Wires may be tensioned to hold the strips inposition. If desired one more additional fastening means such as thenails 15, 16, 17 and 18, employed as shown in Fig. 3 or in any otherpracticable manner, may be utilized.

It is to be understood that this invention is not limited to theparticular construction, organization and method of manufacturehereinbefore described for illustration. On the contrary, the relationsof the box parts and the materials therefor may be modified in form anddimensions and the method of making the box modified in Variousparticulars all of which Will appear to those skilled in the art.Furthermore, it is not indispensable that all the features of theinvention be used conjointly since they may be employed separately inthe combinations and sub-combinations defined in the following claims.

It is to be understood further that the Words box, Words are employedherein as Words of con venient designation and not Words of limitationsince obviously the features of the herein used) and it is immaterialWhat particular part of a box is employed in any given instance as itsend or side.

laims: 1.` A box comprising, in combination, ends including each a pairof cleats substantially contacting lengthwise With each other; un-

ends., sides, and similar v cleated side strips extending across theends of' said cleats; side material on the sides of Y said cleats andextending across the edges of said side strips; and means for securingthe parts together.

i' box comprising, in combination, oppositely disposed side sections,having end cleats between them and substantially closing the box end,and having also overlap margins projecting beyond the ends of saidcleats; and non-cleated side strips between said overlap margins.

method of making Wirebound boxes which consists in assembling separatesections of side material with separate sectional cleats, each cleatrelatively positioned to provide overlap margins projecting' beyond thecleat ends; spacing 'apart edgewise the sections so formed toaccommodate side pieces between said overlap margins; foldablyconnecting the sections by flexible binding Wit-h the cleats arranged tomate in the folded box substantially to close the box ends.

l. i box comprising, in combination, oppositely disposed side sections,having end cleats between them which substantially close the box endsand also having overlap margins projecting beyond the ends of the cleatmaterial, non-cleated side strips between said overlap margins and Wiresencircling the ends of the box and secured by fastening means passingthrough said side sections into the cleats.

box comprising, in combination, oppositely disposed side sections,having end margins projecting beyond the ends of the cleat material,non-cleated.y side strips between said overlap margins, fasteningdevices securing said strips and Wires encircling the ends of the boxand secured by fastening means passing through said side sections intothe cleats.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GUILFORD C. BABCOCK.

Witnesses: A

LAWRENCE A. JANNEY, EDWARD G. CURTIS.

and its side material being box ends and also having overla'p margins tosaid side

